Royal Flying Doctors launch road service

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is launching a Victoria wide non-emergency road patient transport service. The Mobile Patient Care service provides transport for patients to get to specialist treatment, from home to hospital and inter-hospital transfers.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is investing $4 million in donations to the service, which operates in six regional locations with three more offices in Wodonga, Ballarat and Horsham to open later this year.

"We see this as a way of increasing access to medical services," Scott Chapman, CEO of the RFDS, says .

RFDS' Victoria Mobile Patient Care has 30 vehicles and two aircraft and will service Ambulance Victoria, the Transport Accident Commission and Worksafe Victoria, as well as private individuals.

Mr Chapman says this service won't detract from other services provided by RFDS.

"Basically we're saying road transport service is another platform to branch out, from what we're doing here."